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Need to know more about reflection?

NHS Scotland - Flying Start programme
This is a self-learning unit you can do at your own pace. It aims to help you embed reflective practice into your every day work.

Even if you decide not to do the activities, it provides some useful tips on reflection
Reflection Skills - University of Bradford

British Journal of Nursing - series of articles on reflection

Part 1: the importance of reflection
BJN February 2014 23(3), p176

In 2014 the British Journal of Nursing published a series of short articles by John Fowler on reflection for nurses (Reflection: from staff nurses to nurse consultants)

Click on the above link to access and sign in using your NHS Open Athens account in order to access the full text

Part 2: What is reflection?
BJN February 2014 23(4), p232
Part 3: Ways to aid reflection?
BJN March 2014 23(5), p289
Part 4: Reflective feedback
BJN April 2014 23(6), p338
Part 5: Reflective practice
BJN April 2014 23(7), p398
Part 6: Reflective teaching
BJN April 2014 23(8),p 440
Part 7: Reflective management
BJN May 2014 23(9), p492
Part 8: Learning from reflection
BJN May 2014 23(10), p538
Part 9: Portfolios and reflection
BJN June 2014 23(11),p 599
Part 10: Helping others reflect
June 2014 23(12), p670
Part 11: Reflection in life
BJN July 2014 23(13), p756
Part 12: Series summary
BJN July 2014 23(14), p818

What is reflection?

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on an experience"

John Dewey (1939) Experience and Education

Reflective Frameworks

Gibb's Reflective Cycle - Helping people to learn from experience - Mind Tools
Aimed at those who are coaching others to learn from experience
Reflection & Reflective Cycles- Oxford Brookes University
John's Model for Structured Reflection
Driscoll - What? So What? Now What?
includes a link to examples of using this model to reflect on
- a significant incident in practice from a paramedic's perspective
- using a patient letter to include in a portfolio

Library books on reflection

You can request any of these titles and more by contacting the library

Becoming a Reflective Practitioner 4E by Christopher Johns
ISBN: 9780470674260
Publication Date: 2013-08-19
Beginning reflective practice by Melanie Jasper
ISBN: 1408075261
Publication Date: 2015-04-15
Developing Reflective Practice by Natius Oelofsen
ISBN: 9781908625014
Publication Date: 2013-02-28
Reflective Practice by Gillie E. J. Bolton
ISBN: 9781446282359
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
Reflective Practice for Healthcare Professionals by Beverley Taylor
ISBN: 9780335238354
Publication Date: 2010-05-01
Reflective Practice in Nursing by Lioba Howatson-Jones
ISBN: 9781473919297
Publication Date: 2016-03-22
Reflective Practice in Nursing by Chris Bulman; Sue Schutz (Editor)
ISBN: 9780470658109
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
The Critically Reflective Practitioner by Sue Thompson; Neil Thompson
ISBN: 9780230573185
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Reflection for Nursing Life by John McKinnon
ISBN: 9781138787599
Publication Date: 2016-02-18
The Reflective Practice Guide by Barbara Bassot
ISBN: 9781138784314
Publication Date: 2015-11-04
Being Critically Reflective by Fiona Gardner
ISBN: 9781137276674
Publication Date: 2014-07-04